29 Nov A Cricklewood brewery’s license has been kept in place
“That is not a public nuisance, it’s a private nuisance” said the company’s solicitor, Dickon Edwards. Safiyah Bennington reports
Moncada Brewery and Taproom has had its licensing kept in place after an appeal for breaching the license conditions by being a public nuisance. The Willesden Magistrates heard the appeal from Mr Chaudhry, a local resident, was for the business to no longer be allowed to have customers stand outside of the property after 8pm, “My issue is the front yard.”
The owner of the brewery, Julio Moncada said that since the 13th of October 2018, the “brewery has been shut on 7 Saturdays” and only opens on the first Saturday of each month to which Mr Chaudhry believes has only happened since his appeal to the court was made.
Moncada’s witness, Esther Chan, Brent licensing inspector for the business, described Mr him as ‘co-operative’ and ‘forthcoming’ and added that the council received no complaints about the brewery. Mr Chaudhry decided against taking stand in the witness box as he believed that he had said all that was needed.
As the case closed, the bench decided that Chaudhrys’ request was ‘insufficient’, therefore resulting in the case being dismissed on the 28th November 2018. The final decision was that Chaudhry should pay the costs for the civil order.
